The Bajaj-built 400cc Triumph models have been instrumental in increasing the sales and brand awareness of the fabled British brand. Kickstarting the effort were the Speed 400 and the Scrambler 400 and in this story, we’ll list out everything that separates the two variants of the latter from each other.
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Triumph Scrambler 400 variant breakdown
X
Both variants of the Scrambler 400 are powered by a 399cc, liquid-cooled, single-cylinder engine making 40hp and 37.5Nm of torque. They also share their frame, feature set, as well as most of their bodywork and cycle parts. What differentiates them are the equipment levels on both.
The variant of the Scrambler 400 that first broke onto the scene was the more road-biased X. It comes with alloy wheels at both ends - sized 19/17-in (F/R) - and doesn’t have as many protective parts as the higher XC - at least, as standard. It comes in four colours - white, black, red and matte green - and at Rs 2.70 lakh, it is Rs 27,000 more affordable than the variant above it.
XC
The XC is largely identical to the X, save for different wheels and some added visual and protective elements as well as a different colour palette. Perhaps the only reason why you’d want to get this variant over the base and shell out the premium is that the 400 XC comes with cross-spoke wheels. These wheels are manufactured by Japanese specialist Excel and permit tubeless tyres, greatly reducing the effort required to fix a puncture. Plus, they do look rather neat.
Triumph also gives you a small flyscreen and a high front fender - both colour-matched to the bike’s paint - as well as a sump guard and a lower engine crash bar in addition to the pre-existing crash bar seen on the X. At Rs 2.97 lakh, the XC is the most expensive made-in-India 400cc Triumph and comes in three colours - white, black and yellow.
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Vishal Venugopal
